Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:25:58 -0500 From: Jim Arnold <jarnold@knightridder.com> To: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I switch between window managers? Message-ID: <a05101501b8bf1052c06c@[192.168.0.4]> In-Reply-To: <B8BE12F8.B4FD%bmcalpine@macconnect.com> References: <B8BE12F8.B4FD%bmcalpine@macconnect.com>
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At 10:20 AM -0500 3/20/02, Brendan McAlpine wrote:
>Hey all
>
>I just installed KDE and Gnome on my machine and I was wondering how
>I go about switching between them. Right now when I start X, KDE is
>the manager. I would like to go with Gnome. Is there a command to
>switch between window managers?
I do it the hard way! :)
I just use two shell scripts to mv the right file
into place. one is called "ktog" when I am in KDE and
want to switch to gnome. "gtok" does the opposite.
I just exit KDE or Gnome, run the correct file and startx again.
details below:
spike 11:18pm 502 ~/bin>more ktog
#!/bin/sh
# this program switches the .xintrc file from using kde to gnome
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc /home/jim/.xinitrc.kde
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc.gnome /home/jim/.xinitrc
=====
spike 11:18pm 503 ~/bin>more gtok
#!/bin/sh
# this program switches the .xintrc file from using gnome to kde
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc /home/jim/.xinitrc.gnome
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc.kde /home/jim/.xinitrc
======
.xinitrc for gnome
exec gnome-session
.xinitrc for kde
exec startkde
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<div>At 10:20 AM -0500 3/20/02, Brendan McAlpine wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana">Hey all</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana">I just installed KDE
and Gnome on my machine and I was wondering how I go about switching
between them. Right now when I start X, KDE is the manager.
I would like to go with Gnome. Is there a command to
switch between window managers?</font></blockquote>
<div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div>
<div>I do it the hard way! :)</div>
<div>I just use two shell scripts to mv the right file</div>
<div>into place. one is called "ktog" when I am in KDE
and</div>
<div>want to switch to gnome. "gtok" does the
opposite.</div>
<div>I just exit KDE or Gnome, run the correct file and startx
again.</div>
<div>details below:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>spike 11:18pm 502 ~/bin>more ktog<br>
#!/bin/sh<br>
</div>
<div># this program switches the .xintrc file from using kde to
gnome</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc /home/jim/.xinitrc.kde<br>
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc.gnome /home/jim/.xinitrc</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>=====</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>spike 11:18pm 503 ~/bin>more gtok<br>
#!/bin/sh<br>
</div>
<div># this program switches the .xintrc file from using gnome to
kde</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br>
/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc /home/jim/.xinitrc.gnome</div>
<div>/bin/mv /home/jim/.xinitrc.kde /home/jim/.xinitrc</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>======</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>.xinitrc for gnome</div>
<div>exec gnome-session</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>.xinitrc for kde</div>
<div>exec startkde</div>
<div><br></div>
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